# \*kwn: 'place, base, stand'

> Proto-Semitic *kwn, 'place, base, stand': reflexes in 10 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kwn |
| Meaning | 'place, base, stand' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | makān (Lane 3004; HALOT 579) | Lane 3004; HALOT 579 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | mākôn; mǝkônâ (HALOT 579) | HALOT 579 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mknt (DULAT 537) | DULAT 537 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | mkn (T 176) | T 176 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | NPu. mʾkn (Krahmalkov 281) | Krahmalkov 281 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | mǝkôntā (HALOT 579) | HALOT 579 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | mkūntā 'a base' (Payne Smith 271) | Payne Smith 271 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab mkwn (SD 80) | SD 80 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | makūn: ma-ku-na-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | makānu (CAD M/1 125) | CAD M/1 125 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Noun of S35 \*kwn- 'to be firm, to be established'. Not 3498 \*knn 'stand, base'.

## Linked from

- [K](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/k/index.md>)

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